Non-refillable bottle.



No. 69l,l08. Patented Jan. l4,-l902, J. S. BROMHEAIJ.

NUN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Jilly 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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NlTED *rrns JOHN S. BROMHEAD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,108, dated January 14, 1992.

Application filed July 26,1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BROMHEAD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved non-refillable bottle which is simple and durable in 'constructiomdeforming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the improvementprevious to scaling the mouth of the bottle. Fig. 2 is a like view of the complete bottle. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cap for the bottle, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the retaining-cap for the valve.

The bottle A, of glass orother suitable material, is provided in its neck A with annular seats A A spaced apart, and of which the seat A is adapted to receive a valve B, connected at its stem B with one end of a spring O, secured at its other end to an apertured retainingplate D, held against the under side of the seat A Thus by the arrangement described the spring O holds the valve B to the top of the seat A and the retaining-plate D against the under side of the seat A to normally close the neck of the bottle. When the bottle is tilted and the liquid therein flows up in the neck through the openings in the retainingplate D against theunder side of the valve B, then the latter is opened against the tension of the spring 0, and the liquid can flow past the valve B into the upper or outer end of the neck A.

The mouth of the neck A is provided with Serial No. 69,776. (No model.)

a cap A", integral with the neck and formed with a central opening A to allow of insert.- ing the valve B, springs O, and retainingplate D. The valve and retaining-plate are preferably made of rubber or othersimilar material to allow of convenient insertion into the neck of the bottle before sealing. cap A is provided with an annular flange A,

which after the valve B, spring 0, and retainiug-plate D are in place in the neck isheated and melted to close the opening A as indicated in Fig. 2, to seal the mouth of the neck of the bottle. The cap A is formed nearits edge with outlets A preferably in the form of a circular row of small apertures, as is plainly shown in Fig. 3, so that when the bottie is tilted and the contents thereof flow past the valve B, as previouslydescribed, then the contents can pass through the outletsA into a glass or other receptacle. The outlets A are directly above a shoulder A formed in the neck of the bottle, so that tampering with the valve 13 by means of a fine wire inserted through one of the openings A is completely prevented, as such wire when inserted will strike the shoulder A and then be deflected transversely without striking the valve B.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the.

bottle is very sim ple and durable in construction, and the valve B, spring 0, and retain-.

ing-plate D are completely scaled up in the neck E, so that no access is had thereto, to prevent unauthorized persons from opening the valve and filling the bottle with spurious goods after the bottle has been once emptied of its original contents.

Having th us fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A non-refillable bottle having a neck formed with seats located one above the other, a valve on one of the seats, a valve-retainin g plate on the other seat, .a spring connection between the valve and the retaining-plate, and a cap integral with the neck of the bottle, for closing the mouth thereof, the said cap having outlets near the edge of the cap for the escape of the contents of the bottle, as set forth.

2. A bottle having its neck providedinternally with seats located one above the other and adapted for the reception of the valve Theand its retaining-plate, and provided at the In testimony whereof I have signed my outer end of said neck with an opening name to this specification in the presence of 10 through which the contents of the bottle may two subscribing witnesses. be discharged and in line with the bore of the a 5 bottle-neck, with an opening for the intro- JOHN BROMHEAD' duction of the Valve and having a projecting Witnesses: flange around said opening adapted to seal THEO. G. HOSTER, the same, substantiaiiy as set f rth. EVERARD B. MARSHALL. 

